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...Greeks. Consider, for instance, the supersititious terror about the mutilation of the Hermes, the Eleusinian mysteries, etc. The "Milesian Spirit" in the Iliad is illustrated by the numerous battles between the gods favorable to the Greeks and those favorable to the Trojans, and by the marriage between Zeus and Hera, often called the trickery of Zeus...
...character of their subjects solely by consummate skill in choosing the pose. In the gentle lines of the pose of the Venus of Milo, for instance, one reads the gentle and amorous nature of the Goddess of love, while in the more severe lines of the status of Hera in Rome Juno's sterner and more unyielding character is translated...
Professor Dorpfeld gave a brief account of the situation of Olympia, and threw on a screen pictures and plans of the buildings within the sanctuary, describing the great columns and the pedimental sculptures of the temple of Zeus and the construction of the temple of Hera, the oldest temple in Greece. This temple was originally of wood, but was renewed little by little in marble. The careful study of its remains has finally solved the perplexing question of the origin of the Doric style of architecture. The pictures showed very clearly the varying sizes of the columns and that...
...temple of Hera at Mycenae has recently been discovered by excavators at the American School at Athens...